Tiger makes putter switch for British Open greens

Tiger Woods learned the hard way at the British Open about taking something he trusted and relied upon for a long time and tossing it aside for a fling with an attractive newer model.World number one Woods switched to a new putter this week to better cope with slower greens at the Old Course but on Sunday switched back to the older putter he had used since 1999 after struggling through the first three rounds.

World number one Tiger Woods has entered next week's opening event of the US PGA Tour season-ending playoffs, even though he technically is not yet assured of qualifying for The Barclays.Woods has won the 10 million-dollar playoff title two of the past three years, missing out only in 2008 when knee surgery had sidelined him.But this year, Woods has not won a tournament and has struggled in the wake of a sex scandal that destroyed his iconic image.

Well, that didn't last very long! After one shaky round of golf, Rory McIlroy dumped his Nike putter for his old Titleist-made Scotty Cameron putter.

Tiger Woods will play alongside England's Justin Rose and Colombian Camilo Villegas for the first two rounds of the British Open at St Andrews this week.Woods will be firmly in the spotlight as he attempts to claim a third successive victory at the Home of Golf, having won the title here by eight strokes in 2000 and five in 2005.It is Woods' first appearance at the tournament since the extra-marital affairs which caused a storm of controversy late last year and forced him to stay away from golf for several months.

Tiger Woods will play alongside England's Justin Rose and Colombian Camilo Villegas for the first two rounds of the British Open at St Andrews this week.Woods will be firmly in the spotlight as he attempts to claim a third successive victory at the Home of Golf, having won the title here by eight strokes in 2000 and five in 2005.It is Woods' first appearance at the tournament since the extra-marital affairs which caused a storm of controversy late last year and forced him to stay away from golf for several months.

Tiger Woods returns to St Andrews next week for the 150th British Open, the world number one hoping that his favourite course can help him revive the form that has brought 14 major titles.Woods, his iconic image shattered by revelations he cheated on wife Elin for years with multiple mistresses, won Open crowns on the Old Course by eight strokes in 2000 and five shots in 2005 and takes the same approach this time.

Tiger Woods, whose brand name was tarnished mightily by the sex scandal that erupted around him last year, has a new partner with a highly regarded image - Augusta National Golf Club.The fabled home course of the Masters, nestled among the Georgia pine trees, will be featured in a videogame for the first time in the next edition of the Tiger Woods series, officials announced Tuesday.

Scotsman Paul Lawrie smacked the opening shot off the first tee on a gloomy but wind-less Thursday morning at St. Andrews to launch the 150th anniversary edition of the British Open.Lawrie, who won the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie, was the first of 156 golfers to begin a bid for the Claret Jug at the birthplace of golf, the fabled Old Course at St. Andrews.The winner over some of the most hallowed ground in the sport will take home 850,000 pounds (one million Euros) and have his name engraved on the Auld Claret Jug trophy alongside some of golf's greatest icons.